Happy Here and Now (2002)

When an unhappy young woman disappears, her worried sister desperately searches the internet for a clue to her missing sibling's whereabouts.

Director:

Michael Almereyda

Writer:

Michael Almereyda

Stars:

Karl Geary, Shalom Harlow, Clarence Williams III

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Karl Geary	...	Eddie Mars / Tom
Shalom Harlow	...	Muriel
Clarence Williams III	...	Bill
Ally Sheedy	...	Lois
Josephine Martin	...	Josephine
Gloria Reuben	...	Hannah
Liane Balaban	...	Amelia
David Arquette	...	Eddie
Isabel Gillies	...	Isabel
Quintron	...	Quintron
Nic Ratner	...	Peter
John Sinclair	...	Himself
Ernie K-Doe	...	Himself
Antoinette K-Doe	...	Herself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Larry Fessenden	...	Clifton

Storyline

In New Orleans, a young woman named Muriel goes missing. Her sister, Amelia, arrives to look for her. Aided by her aunt's lover, an ex-CIA agent named Bill, Amelia finds evidence on Muriel's computer of conversations with a mysterious and philosophical man. Bill and Amelia's search for him is fitful, but we learn that he's Eddie, a local exterminator who wants to produce and direct a movie about Nicholas Tesla. We follow Eddie, full of schemes, and we meet his brother, Tom, a firefighter who may know something about the death of a man whose widow, Hannah, seeks him out. What has happened to Muriel? Is this a world where anything can be known?

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Plot Keywords:

tesla | widow | ex cia agent | exterminator | computer | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 June 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Segunda Vida

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$1,867 (USA) (16 December 2005)

Gross:

$2,443 (USA) (16 December 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

IFC Productions, Keep Your Head Productions, Keep Your Head

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Clever, engrossing, great fun

Just subtle enough to be very interesting. You have to work for this one -- and I'm not completely sure I really got it. It's like a long alcohol soaked night in New Orleans: reality fades and the line between living and dreaming evaporates. Clever in concept, it pushes you to grow: it nurtures you. Like a gardener nurtures the flora, pinching off a leaf here and hacking off a branch there. What a trip to see Clarence Williams III in this thing doing an outstanding job! But hang on to your hat: the music is gonna grab you and rattle you like a bag of bones. It is Killer. I think I've walked every one of the locations used and I want to go back to NOLA to sweat and stagger again. Yep; this one's going to haunt me for awhile. Thank you David Arquette.